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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed with Pré-sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) the Itapu Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Contract (ToR) and the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Suplus of the Transfer of Rights for the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The P-76 platform is the second production unit in the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin, to send natural gas to the continent. The activity started in June and announced today by Petrobras. The operation began after the interconnection of the ship-platform to the gas pipeline known as Rota 2, which transports production to... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil has selected TechnipFMC and Halliburton to provide the Odassea subsea fiber optic solution for the Payara development project in Guyana. The award follows the completion of front-end engineering and design studies and qualifications. According to TechnipFMC, the Odassea service integrates hardware and digital systems to strengthen capabilities in subsea reservoir monitoring and production optimization. Halliburton... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC has secured its first integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract with Tullow Oil for the Jubilee South East development offshore Ghana. The contract covers supply and offshore installation of all major subsea equipment, including manifolds and associated controls, flexible risers and flowlines, umbilicals, and subsea structures. The company said it had utilized... Continue Reading →
Brazilian drilling contractor Constellation Oil Services has been awarded a three-year contract for a drillship from compatriot oil company Petrobras. Constellation said on Tuesday that the drillship Laguna Star was awarded a contract with Petrobras for a duration of 1,095 days with operations on the Brazilian coast expected to start in January 2022. The rig... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has stopped production at two of its three wells in the Atlanta field, located in Block BS-4 offshore Brazil. Enauta said on Monday that production from its Atlanta field offshore Brazil was affected by a failure in the pumping system at two wells. According to the information provided by... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that in the first half of July it will begin the first seismic acquisition with Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN) technology and new multiphysics surveys (magnetometric and gravimetric) of the 3D Nodes project of Parque das Baleias, also known as the Whale Park, in Campos Basin. The contract signed with... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras will extend the term of the charter contract for the Petrobras 10.000 drillship, operated by Transocean. The two companies closed an agreement for another two years. The information was confirmed by sources from PetroleoHoje. According to an investigation, the value of the drilling unit's charter rate was kept unchanged, at around US$300,000/day. The... Continue Reading →
The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Carioca MV30 has set sail from the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis towards Petrobras’ Sépia field in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The vessel will be the largest FPSO-type unit to operate in Brazil, with a daily capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil (bpd) and 6... Continue Reading →
(OE) ExxonMobil's Jabillo-1 offshore well in Guyana's Canje Block has reached the planned target depth, however, without finding evidence of commercial hydrocarbons, Exxon's partners in the block said Monday. The Jabillo-1, drilled by the Stena Carron drillship will now be plugged and abandoned. The Jabillo-1 well was drilled to test Upper Cretaceous reservoirs in... Continue Reading →
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